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Title: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Almeidaboo on January 25, 2010, 11:11:08 AM
The website is in portuguese, but it doesn't take much to understand how to browse through the pictures.

How embarassing are those? http://jogos.uol.com.br/album/piores_capas_album.jhtm
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Post by: HobomasterXXX on January 25, 2010, 11:42:13 AM
This site confuses me to no end. Also, it better have the Megaman boxes
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Post by: Almeidaboo on January 25, 2010, 11:52:20 AM
...really? All you need to do is click on the pics.
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Post by: ellie-is on January 25, 2010, 11:58:24 AM
Lmao.
Awesome.
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Post by: Archem on January 25, 2010, 07:12:30 PM
Some of those really aren't that bad. I can't quite understand how they got in there.

That one Japanese game with the buff dudes, though... Nightmares...
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Post by: ellie-is on January 25, 2010, 07:20:26 PM
They explain it there, in portuguese.
Like how that guy in Fifa has his arm twisted. Or how one of them is pretty cool but the guy is not in the game at all.
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Post by: Archem on January 25, 2010, 07:48:55 PM
Please explain the Castlevania one.
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Post by: ellie-is on January 25, 2010, 07:51:11 PM
They saida  box inside a box is lazy.
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Post by: Archem on January 25, 2010, 08:00:24 PM
Well duh, it's a "greatest hits" styled box. They all look like that.
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Post by: Darkfox on January 25, 2010, 10:33:26 PM
Since when did Duke Nukem get a cybernetic arm? And what's with this nerdy yellow fat headed guy eating floating pepperonis? And apparently muscular Weird AL will defeat King Kong.
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Post by: fruckert on January 25, 2010, 10:38:21 PM
Well duh, it's a "greatest hits" styled box. They all look like that.
With the DS box being part of the cover?
They literally took a picture of the DS box art and put it on the DS box art.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Darkfox on January 25, 2010, 10:58:47 PM
With the DS box being part of the cover?
They literally took a picture of the DS box art and put it on the DS box art.

They got lazy and didn't want to use much Photoshop.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Archem on January 25, 2010, 11:51:34 PM
With the DS box being part of the cover?
They literally took a picture of the DS box art and put it on the DS box art.
Yeah. I swear, it's more common than you think.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: fruckert on January 26, 2010, 12:20:40 AM
I personally have never seen recursing box art.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: HobomasterXXX on January 26, 2010, 02:11:10 AM
...really? All you need to do is click on the pics.
Must've loaded wrong. All the formatting was fucked and I couldn't see any pics.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Almeidaboo on January 28, 2010, 12:34:29 AM
No, yeah, they're all fucked up, I don't even get some of them.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Darkfox on January 28, 2010, 12:36:56 AM
Some Guy's Foot, the game.
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Post by: Angel Walter on January 28, 2010, 04:48:46 PM
Actually, I though Phalanx looked incredible. I agree that the rest were pretty awful though. Why can't they draw mega-man?
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Post by: ellie-is on January 28, 2010, 06:19:38 PM
Its a shooting game, not a game about an old man playing banjo.
Thats what it says, at least.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Angel Walter on January 28, 2010, 06:28:24 PM
Its a shooting game, not a game about an old man playing banjo.
Thats what it says, at least.

Yeah, I looked it up. But I still like the cover. I dunno why...
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Post by: Darkfox on January 29, 2010, 12:44:30 AM
That is the pilot.
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Post by: Valiere on January 30, 2010, 08:32:01 PM
I've always hated that Megaman one.

And the Iron Sword one! What idiot exec thought little boys would want to look at Fabio?
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Post by: Darkfox on January 30, 2010, 11:47:07 PM
Yeah, the Megaman ones were... uhhhhh... what's the word..?
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Post by: Red Giant on January 31, 2010, 12:43:41 AM
Oh snap. "Lord of King?" Man I ignant cuz I din't even be knowing you could be a Lord of King.
Lords and Kings you know I thought that was as high as it went but no boy, this muthafruck be the Lord of King. That isn't just the Lord of the Kings, hell no. Homeboy's the Lord of the very concept of patriarchal monarchy.
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Post by: Darkfox on January 31, 2010, 01:04:11 AM
That game is known as Astyanax in America I believe. Odd title the Japanese cart...
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Post by: Drakiyth on January 31, 2010, 02:15:31 AM
FAIL is a ****ing understatement.  These were COMPANIES who made these games.  It just shows most college kids are actually pretty goddamn retarded.  Most of those games were utter garbage too. I would rather take a chance at eating my GF on her rag than play this ****. Megaman was a great video game but the guys who made the cartridge cover need to hop on the fail boat along with those other douche bags.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: HobomasterXXX on January 31, 2010, 02:16:47 AM
FAIL is a ****ing understatement.  These were COMPANIES who made these games.  It just shows most college kids are actually pretty goddamn retarded.  Most of those games were utter garbage too. I would rather take a chance at eating my GF on her rag than play this ****. Megaman was a great video game but the guys who made the cartridge cover need to hop on the fail boat along with those other douche bags.
You have a very agressive personality.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Drakiyth on January 31, 2010, 02:18:37 AM
You have a very agressive personality.


Thanks dude ;)   My mom has Irish in her..  I'm also a scorpio.   That probably explains it all.  I'm also crabby right now from Insomnia.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Archem on January 31, 2010, 02:21:43 AM
I'm also a scorpio.
Fuuuuck. I live with two Scorpios, and they are complete bitches.

Worst people in the world (no offense).
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Post by: fruckert on January 31, 2010, 02:22:30 AM
Irish people are fun.
My grandma's like 100% Irish and ornery as all hell.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Drakiyth on January 31, 2010, 02:24:13 AM
Fuuuuck. I live with two Scorpios, and they are complete bitches.

Worst people in the world (no offense).


LOL! None taken at all.  I want to kill other Scorpio's too most of the time.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: MissingName on January 31, 2010, 02:27:26 AM
I'm a Cancerous Monkey.

I'm somewhat annoying and will probably die of liver cancer.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Drakiyth on January 31, 2010, 02:34:19 AM
I'm a Cancerous Monkey.

I'm somewhat annoying and will probably die of liver cancer.


*hands you a sucker and a basket*  >,<
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Drakiyth on January 31, 2010, 02:39:17 AM
This is why Anime Sprites + United States of America art mixed together = FAIL        *spamlas*

It makes me want to play the board game Sorry with their head helmet knobs.

(http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj60/drakiyth/BomberManFail.png)
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Darkfox on January 31, 2010, 02:55:13 AM
That box art makes me giggle, thinking of some hilarious old black and white sci-fi film about aliens/astronauts.
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Post by: ellie-is on January 31, 2010, 03:02:08 AM
Oh snap. "Lord of King?" Man I ignant cuz I din't even be knowing you could be a Lord of King.
Lords and Kings you know I thought that was as high as it went but no boy, this muthafruck be the Lord of King. That isn't just the Lord of the Kings, hell no. Homeboy's the Lord of the very concept of patriarchal monarchy.
I'm laughing really hard.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Red Giant on January 31, 2010, 03:30:55 AM
Megaman was a great video game but the guys who made the cartridge cover need to hop on the fail boat along with those other douche bags.
It wasn't the fault of Capcom in their case. The megaman covers have some social background, if you didn't already know. Acause of tensions 'tween America and Japan, the fact that most popular games were made in Japan was something of an embarassment. Certain measures were taken to cover that fact up, among them redesigning box art to make it more appealing to westerners.

The original rockman box art:
(http://media.strategywiki.org/images/thumb/3/30/Rockman_FC_box.jpg/250px-Rockman_FC_box.jpg)(http://www.listropolis.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/mega-man-1.jpg)

Chibi robot characters = slanty eye filth. What we need is an apparantly forty five year old robocop with a muthafuckin gat hammertiming it in space florida.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Archem on January 31, 2010, 03:45:54 AM
What we need is an apparantly forty five year old robocop with a muthafuckin gat hammertiming it in space florida.
This is always true, though.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Valiere on January 31, 2010, 04:12:13 AM
This is why Anime Sprites + United States of America art mixed together = FAIL        *spamlas*

It makes me want to play the board game Sorry with their head helmet knobs.

(http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj60/drakiyth/BomberManFail.png)

Good God, that's awful. I love how they didn't bother shading around the guy in the foreground's head, so it looks like he's just got a tiny face over a vast expanse of skin.
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Post by: Drakiyth on January 31, 2010, 04:16:55 AM
Good God, that's awful. I love how they didn't bother shading around the guy in the foreground's head, so it looks like he's just got a tiny face over a vast expanse of skin.

Yeah, it looks like he has a fat *** head.
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Post by: Archem on January 31, 2010, 04:21:59 AM
To me, the worst part about it is that it looks mostly correct.
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Post by: ellie-is on January 31, 2010, 11:28:13 AM
Good God, that's awful. I love how they didn't bother shading around the guy in the foreground's head, so it looks like he's just got a tiny face over a vast expanse of skin.
He's a robot, Val. His head is not like the heads that you humans have. :P
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Post by: HobomasterXXX on January 31, 2010, 12:20:51 PM
The Bomberman one actually looks almost exactly like what Bomberman would be like if drawn realisticly.
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Post by: ellie-is on January 31, 2010, 02:20:43 PM
Yeah, I don't see much wrong in it. They got the shape of Bomberman right, he is a robot with some human like features like the eyes, which they also got right, he has a belt and throws bombs.
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Post by: Cerebus on January 31, 2010, 04:47:07 PM
It still looks bad, though. Even if it matches the character correctly or whatever, it looks awful.
There are things which shouldn't be drawn realisticly, and Bomberman was one of them.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Valiere on January 31, 2010, 08:46:47 PM
He's a robot, Val. His head is not like the heads that you humans have. :P

He's clearly not a robot though, or at least they didn't care to draw him like one.
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Post by: ellie-is on January 31, 2010, 09:14:22 PM
"The NES game begins with "Bomberman" (the eponymous character of the game) growing bored of making bombs in the factory and wants to become human, and thus decides to escape. When he does, the "Bomberman" species gains more free will due to the fulfillment of this wish."
You see... He goes around bombing stuff because he's kinda part human. So he has a human face. And that makes him a terrorist. Or something.
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Post by: Darkfox on January 31, 2010, 09:18:00 PM
It still looks bad, though. Even if it matches the character correctly or whatever, it looks awful.
There are things which shouldn't be drawn realisticly, and Bomberman was one of them.

And Megaman.
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Post by: Valiere on January 31, 2010, 09:27:55 PM
But does he have a huge bloated human face?

And while we're on the subject of crappy game boxes, has anyone noticed the art on the covers of the used games at Game Stop where the original cover isn't available look horrendously bad? Who the hell did they hire to do that art, the CEO's autistic son?

Or maybe the horrible art on used games is their sneaky way of getting you to buy new games instead.
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Post by: fruckert on January 31, 2010, 09:54:20 PM
Who the hell did they hire to do that art, the CEO's autistic son?
:{

Yeah, that art is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.
I have like four of them, and I'm not quite sure why I haven't torched them yet.
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Post by: Valiere on January 31, 2010, 10:09:13 PM
You know what I mean. Really autistic.
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Post by: Archem on February 01, 2010, 01:08:01 AM
There are things which shouldn't be drawn realisticly
(http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/8674/realbowser.jpg)

(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/7739/realkirby.jpg)

(http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/356/realmario.jpg)

(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/3835/realsonic.jpg)

Although, to be fair, Bowser looks pretty rad. Only the best for my internet friends.
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Post by: Valiere on February 01, 2010, 01:32:34 AM
I, too, dig Bowser, but Kirby will give me nightmares for all eternity.
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Post by: HobomasterXXX on February 01, 2010, 05:01:10 AM
[spoiler](http://i45.tinypic.com/11jrxhj.jpg)[/spoiler]
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Post by: Musha on February 01, 2010, 08:40:27 AM
<a href="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=366450">Bad Nintendo Power Art</a>

If you're a fan of Final Fantasy IV, you may want to have a barf bag handy.  Cleaing puke out of you computer keyboard is a bitch.
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Post by: Archem on February 01, 2010, 08:12:47 PM
Christ, why were pants optional for male characters all those years ago?
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Post by: Valiere on February 01, 2010, 09:52:15 PM
Seems like the only two options for males are no pants, or MC Hammer pants.
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Post by: Darkfox on February 02, 2010, 01:12:37 AM
Seems like the only two options for males are no pants, or MC Hammer pants.

No understatement there. Silly Square and gender confusion.
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Post by: drenrin2120 on February 02, 2010, 02:03:42 AM
wtf is up with donkey kong?

...and the FIFA guys. XD
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Post by: Cerebus on February 02, 2010, 07:06:34 AM
<a href="http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=366450">Bad Nintendo Power Art</a>

If you're a fan of Final Fantasy IV, you may want to have a barf bag handy.  Cleaing puke out of you computer keyboard is a bitch.

Oh damn... that's awful. Seriously, what the hell!? It's disgusting! Gosh...
And that Kirby...
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Post by: Musha on February 02, 2010, 10:28:47 PM
I think the worst one of those Final Fantasy images had to be this one:
(http://afghanant.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/2e165a1.jpg)
That is not Palom and Porom.  That is Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee.
Someone in that forum mentioned he couldn't tell which of them was supposed to be female.  Well, that easy.  the girl's the one who doesn't have a gigantic crotch bulge.
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Post by: Cerebus on February 03, 2010, 01:52:40 AM
Yeah, they're definitely the worst. Seriously, I wouldn't even want that on my team, no matter the reasons.
And if you check Porom in The After Years... hard to believe that monstrosity could become this:
(http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/a/a9/After_Porom.png)
---
But seriously, they don't even look like their sprites. There's not even one resemblance!
Horrible...
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Post by: Darkfox on February 03, 2010, 03:03:29 AM
Good Lord! I've been scarred for life!
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Post by: Musha on February 03, 2010, 05:51:54 PM
Just so you know, this is how Amano drew them:
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/8/83/Ff4_palom.jpg)(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/e/e7/Ff4_porom.jpg)
And this is how they look in FFIVDS' opening FMV:
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/2/25/PalomDS.jpg)(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/finalfantasy/images/0/0c/PoromDS.jpg)
Those two trolls do not even bear a passing resemblance to these.
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Post by: Valiere on February 03, 2010, 06:11:01 PM
I like some of what Amano does. Other times, I feel like I could do a better job with my eyes closed.

I mean seriously, WTF is with that second one's index finger? It's way too long! Does he not erase his mistakes at all?
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Post by: Darkfox on February 03, 2010, 08:17:33 PM
XD!!! And what is with the demon things? Also Palom(?) is choking his to death.
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Post by: Cerebus on February 03, 2010, 09:45:38 PM
They also both look retarded... but at least they're recognizable.
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Post by: Angel Walter on February 04, 2010, 06:52:25 PM
Frankly, Charas has scarred me for life again. I'm not really sure what I can say...
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Post by: Archem on February 04, 2010, 09:23:01 PM
If that's all it takes to scar you, then you're, frankly, a pussy.
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Post by: fruckert on February 04, 2010, 09:53:53 PM
I must agree, although the Dread Kirby is quite frankly terrifying.
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Post by: Angel Walter on February 04, 2010, 10:12:37 PM
You guys seem to have called my bluff somewhat... Never mind...
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Post by: Darkfox on February 04, 2010, 11:08:18 PM
Frankly, I don't know what image is the most twisted and grotesque. But gotta love those hilarious box arts. Now I want to play Action Foot.
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Post by: Valiere on February 05, 2010, 12:42:36 AM
I just noticed the Perom/Porom/whatever kids have eyeballs on the insides of their capes. That's a little creepy, like some pedo-eyes are ogling their nubile bodies at all times.
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Post by: Avnas on February 05, 2010, 02:16:17 AM
How can you even think those are eyeballs?
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Post by: Darkfox on February 05, 2010, 03:25:28 AM
Obviously they are frog eggs.
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Post by: Archem on February 05, 2010, 05:20:52 AM
How can you even think those are eyeballs?
She's voyeuristic at heart. We seem to have something in common.
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Post by: Musha on February 06, 2010, 02:53:04 PM
nubile [nōō-'bĭl, nyōō'-bīl']
1. suitable for marriage, esp. in regard to age or physical development; marriageable.
2. sexually developed and attractive.  Used of young women.

...you know they're five, right?
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Post by: Red Giant on February 06, 2010, 03:28:16 PM
Pish posh, Musha. In christ's day that was middle aged!
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Post by: fruckert on February 07, 2010, 12:25:24 AM
We didn't render the girl in a "sexy" pose, with her hips all swung out and stuff.
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Post by: Grandy on February 09, 2010, 05:42:36 PM
I assume most people here know Shin Megami Tensei, or at least the SMT: Persona series, right?

Well, here's the first game of them that came out in the americas:

(http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/megaten/jackbrosj.jpg)

 For the Virtual Boy no less. You can recognize Jack Frost, Pyro Jack and the henceforth forgotten Jack the Ripper. They are iconic.

 I had to show that for you guys to see exactly what is embarassing about the next image:

(http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/megaten/jackbros.jpg)

 That's the cover in the american release.
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Post by: Valiere on February 09, 2010, 06:34:23 PM
Did nobody think it was the slightest bit offensive to have a cartoon protagonist based on a real-life serial killer?
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Post by: Musha on February 09, 2010, 07:00:47 PM
I actually think the American box art looks pretty cool.  Inaccurate, but cool.
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Post by: Darkfox on February 09, 2010, 07:06:21 PM
XD!!! I love SMT. This is hilarious though. They look like characters from Retro Puppet Master or something, Jack the Ripper specifically.
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Post by: Grandy on February 09, 2010, 07:14:09 PM
Did nobody think it was the slightest bit offensive to have a cartoon protagonist based on a real-life serial killer?

The US was. They changed him to "Jack Skelton".

But SMT was never very kid-friendly, you can after all summon Satan himself as a Persona.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Darkfox on February 09, 2010, 07:21:22 PM
The US was. They changed him to "Jack Skelton".

Jack Skellington, Jack Skelton... WHAT DOES THIS MEAN!? O_O

Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: fruckert on February 09, 2010, 11:09:35 PM
America hates wimpy cartoon box arts, we need MANLY EXPLOSIONS AND STUFF **** YEAH *headbutts the wall*
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Archem on February 10, 2010, 04:21:42 AM
Did nobody think it was the slightest bit offensive to have a cartoon protagonist based on a real-life serial killer?
Have you forgotten the rules? Nothing is offensive after a certain amount of time has passed.
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Post by: Musha on February 11, 2010, 12:06:43 AM
(http://chaosrexmachinae.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/streetfighter2.jpg)

Blanka just raped Ryu in an alleyway and he's looking to go two for two with Chun-Li.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Grandy on February 11, 2010, 12:30:44 AM
Hey, Nintendo Life doesn't like you.
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Post by: Musha on February 11, 2010, 12:50:48 AM
That's okay, I don't like Nintendo Life either.
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Post by: Darkfox on February 11, 2010, 01:07:45 AM
That does look embarrassing.
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Post by: Valiere on February 11, 2010, 02:00:50 AM
Oh, someone should be embarrassed all right.
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Post by: Musha on February 13, 2010, 09:32:48 PM
(http://www.gamewad.com/gw_images/worst_game_covers/pacman.jpg)
(http://www.gamewad.com/gw_images/worst_game_covers/donkey_kong.jpg)
....  :x
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Post by: Darkfox on February 13, 2010, 09:43:39 PM
Epic Mario with Thor's hammer?
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Post by: Musha on February 13, 2010, 10:14:28 PM
^ vs. psychotic Donkey Kong with a beer keg.
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Post by: Darkfox on February 13, 2010, 11:22:21 PM
That explains EVERYTHING.
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Post by: Archem on February 13, 2010, 11:27:29 PM
The game is suddenly so much more epic than I remember.
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Post by: Legacy of Elecrusher on February 13, 2010, 11:56:20 PM
I don't know whether to laugh or be awestruck.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Darkfox on February 14, 2010, 12:01:55 AM
You can, however either pity or laugh at the Pac-Man one... it is just awful. XD
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Musha on February 14, 2010, 12:47:04 AM
True.  So true....
I mean, what the hell?
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Post by: Drakiyth on February 14, 2010, 05:12:23 AM
I, too, dig Bowser, but Kirby will give me nightmares for all eternity.


ROFL I can't stop laughing.
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Post by: Valiere on February 15, 2010, 12:25:30 AM
That's kind of false advertising, too. I don't think Mario/Jumpman even has a hammer in the game.

And for Pac Man, they should've gone with something like that Pac Man t-shirt that hipsters always wear.

(http://globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/pac-man_t-shirt.jpg)
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Cerebus on February 15, 2010, 12:31:20 AM
I'm pretty sure you could grab a hammer to destroy incoming barrels for a short amount of time.
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Post by: ellie-is on February 15, 2010, 12:55:05 AM
Yeah, but it was black.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Valiere on February 15, 2010, 01:37:03 AM
Oh, perhaps.
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Post by: Archem on February 15, 2010, 02:50:30 AM
(http://globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/pac-man_t-shirt.jpg)
I have always been a fan of this.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Musha on February 15, 2010, 11:57:51 AM
What is it with game boxart trying to make a game look far more epic than it actually is?
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Archem on February 16, 2010, 02:05:04 AM
Because a lot of these games needed the epic. Let's face it; some of them had crappy settings.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Valiere on February 16, 2010, 02:52:47 AM
Yeah, but the epic box art is just setting you up to be disappointed by the non-epic actual game.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Darkfox on February 16, 2010, 02:54:49 AM
What... are you telling me that game wasn't about a disembodied foot!? DAMNIT!
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Musha on February 16, 2010, 03:16:03 AM
(http://phantomleap.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/mega-man-2-box.jpg)(http://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/megaman2box_front.jpg)

Not the worst box art I've seen, but still pretty bad. Honestly, how hard is it to draw Mega Man?
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Archem on February 16, 2010, 03:29:45 AM
Pretty damn hard. To this day, I still can't draw him.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Grandy on February 16, 2010, 04:14:02 AM
(http://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/megaman2box_front.jpg)

Why is Dr. Light the one sending Drill Man to fight Megaman?
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: fruckert on February 16, 2010, 04:17:13 AM
(http://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/megaman2box_front.jpg)
Why is his gun behind his hand?
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Grandy on February 16, 2010, 04:20:40 AM
(http://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/megaman2box_front.jpg)


Why is his ankle twisted?
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: fruckert on February 16, 2010, 04:36:08 AM
(http://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/megaman2box_front.jpg)
Why is there no perspective on thatt platform?
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Cerebus on February 16, 2010, 04:38:55 AM
(http://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/megaman2box_front.jpg)

Why does he have such a... position?

Edit: There you go!
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Grandy on February 16, 2010, 04:44:52 AM
Why does he have such a... position?

 You forgot to quote the image! Like this!

Quote
(http://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/megaman2box_front.jpg)

Why is there lava in QuickMan's stage?
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Emerates on February 16, 2010, 04:49:02 AM
I'm actually kind of embarrassed just looking at all these.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Darkfox on February 16, 2010, 04:59:40 AM
(http://phantomleap.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/mega-man-2-box.jpg)

What is the Majoras Mask moon doing in the background, and why does this look more fantasy than sci-fi?

Edit: Also, you see a silhouette of the Juggernaut.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Archem on February 16, 2010, 05:31:02 AM
(http://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/megaman2box_front.jpg)
Why is Drill Man wearing a baseball cap?
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Grandy on February 16, 2010, 05:38:57 AM
Quote
(http://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/megaman2box_front.jpg)

Why is the Death Star floating in the background?
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Valiere on February 16, 2010, 06:10:29 AM
Why is Dr. Light the one sending Drill Man to fight Megaman?

He's using that as an excuse to get a handful of booty.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: FFL2and3rocks on February 16, 2010, 08:34:43 AM
(http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/1669/orangebeard.png)
Shadow or beard? You decide!
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Ratty524 on February 16, 2010, 11:13:28 AM
That's Crash Man, and what are they all smiling for? That just looks scary.

The other box art looks like something pulled from the cover of Ray Bradbury's sci-fi novels.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: ellie-is on February 16, 2010, 12:07:23 PM
Did mega man 2 really have high resolution graphics?
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: fruckert on February 16, 2010, 12:22:09 PM
At the time, probably.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: carmen on February 16, 2010, 02:02:13 PM
Speaking of booty, look at the thighs on mega man.

I like how he has to counter balance the recoil of that laser gun.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Cerebus on February 16, 2010, 03:40:50 PM
(http://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/megaman2box_front.jpg)

Why is there a ladder leading to that lava pit!?
And since when did Megaman actually use a laser pistol instead of his arm-cannon thing?
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Ratty524 on February 16, 2010, 09:51:20 PM
That list only displays a few of some of the worst box art I've seen.

Wonder Boy in Monster Land:
[spoiler](http://kidfenris.com/wbmonsterland.gif)[/spoiler]
... Try staring a little longer at Wonder Boy's face.

Sky Kid:
[spoiler](http://kidfenris.com/skykidflyer.jpg)[/spoiler]
This is the japanese art.

Now compare that to what we got here:
[spoiler](http://kidfenris.com/skykidnazibox.jpg)[/spoiler]
... I thought they were all supposed to be birds?

Valis 3:
[spoiler](http://kidfenris.com/valis3turbocover.jpg)[/spoiler]
Yes... This game is about sexy anime chicks that throw swords and battle monsters and yadda yadda.

Of course, Americans can't have such slanty-eyed filth! We need she-males!
[spoiler](http://kidfenris.com/valis3amcover.jpg)[/spoiler]

Street Smart
[spoiler](http://kidfenris.com/streetsmartcover.jpg)[/spoiler]
... I don't even have to explain what's wrong with this.

The Guardian Legend
[spoiler](http://kidfenris.com/guardlegend.gif)[/spoiler]
... Yet another rip off of some 1900's scifi novel cover... Only scarier.

What the hell was wrong with the Japanese box art!?
[spoiler](http://kidfenris.com/guardicgaidencover.png)[/spoiler]

Light Crusader
[spoiler](http://kidfenris.com/lightcrusader.gif)[/spoiler]
This is priceless. Some guy with a constipated facial expression is swinging his sword in a stiff manner at a tripping army of little green men.

And here is an European (and maybe japanese) box art:
[spoiler](http://kidfenris.com/lightcrusaderpal.gif)[/spoiler]
Not as action-packed, but still better conceived that above.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Valiere on February 16, 2010, 10:47:19 PM
(http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/776/776279/top-25-tuesday-most-awesome-covers-20070327025739777.jpg)


I found this on a "worst video game box art ever" list. "Trevor McFur in the Crescent Galaxy." Makes you want to find out what it's all about, doesn't it? ....No? Yeah, me neither.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Darkfox on February 17, 2010, 12:29:07 AM
Could have been done better, I am utterly clueless on what it is supposed to be. A love story? Spaceships? A DESERT? What?

Everyone loves Magical Trevor, the tricks that he does are ever so clever...
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Ratty524 on February 17, 2010, 07:31:11 AM
Looks like a game involving furry action and yiffing.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Darkfox on February 17, 2010, 07:50:47 AM
The lower left picture suggests they died after mutating and growing horns. But I digress, game is just as confusing.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Archem on February 17, 2010, 08:41:57 AM
Looks like a game involving furry action and yiffing.
Oh?


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Σ:3
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By the way, furry avatar week would totally make everyone here highly uncomfortable. I vote we do that next. But don't discuss it here.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Bluhman on February 17, 2010, 09:06:20 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Phantasy_Star_EotM_cover.jpg)

Since when did Rune wear such a boring beige outfit?

(http://www.porkrind.org/reviews/ico.jpg)

I'm as confused as you are, kid. This box art gives the impression the game is mainly about Norway and vikings. That is a lie.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/29/Sms_pro_wrestling_box.jpg)
MEDIC!

(http://scottthong.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/blackbeltgame.jpg)
Kick.

(http://scottthong.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/phalanx.jpg?w=350)
This is a game about spaceships and shooting stuff. Hell if I know what country music has to do with that.

Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Darkfox on February 17, 2010, 09:16:10 AM
(http://scottthong.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/blackbeltgame.jpg)

Spontaneously Combustive Disembodied Foot Adventures
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Archem on February 17, 2010, 06:46:03 PM
I'd play that.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: carmen on February 18, 2010, 12:56:51 AM
omg trevor mcfur!

that pimp!
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Darkfox on February 18, 2010, 02:15:20 AM
(http://www.porkrind.org/reviews/ico.jpg)

Don Quixote: The Younger Years
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Valiere on February 18, 2010, 02:48:11 AM
The "Black Belt" and "Pro Wrestling" ones are just so inept, they HAVE to be on purpose. I mean, boring text? Boring grid background? And hiring the kind of illustrator that makes stranger safety coloring books to scribble something for the cover? They have to be purposely just jacking with us...They've just gotta be....
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Musha on February 19, 2010, 02:56:04 AM
(http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/1/14755/1046650-front_cover_large.jpg)
Made worse by the fact that the cover has absolutely nothing to do with the game.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Cerebus on February 19, 2010, 02:58:57 AM
Nothing sells more than chicks in black tank top shooting stuff around.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: fruckert on February 19, 2010, 03:05:00 AM
What's the actual game about then?
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Bluhman on February 19, 2010, 03:07:00 AM
Just watch. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d_AzixC-3w) The game box art is used for the title screen. The transition from that to the actual game is extremely jarring. Just watch.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Cerebus on February 19, 2010, 03:11:09 AM
...what? I at least expected something military or the like. Not... this. Looks quite like Touhou, though. Well, from the 5 seconds I watched at least.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: HackersTotalMassLaser on February 19, 2010, 03:23:34 AM
XD US boxarta suck when it comes to bringing game from Japan.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: fruckert on February 19, 2010, 03:33:24 AM
...wtf?
That's just false advertising.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Musha on February 19, 2010, 03:39:53 AM
The worst part?  Heres the boxart for the "sequel":

(http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/3967/mobilelightforce2hp5.jpg)
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Cerebus on February 19, 2010, 03:42:37 AM
Woah, seriously? These guys are creative!
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: HackersTotalMassLaser on February 19, 2010, 03:47:11 AM
Please tell that's a joke.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: FFL2and3rocks on February 19, 2010, 04:48:17 AM
I can top that.

(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/5428/92931769476front.jpg)(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/2019/92931669477front.jpg)
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: HackersTotalMassLaser on February 19, 2010, 04:52:25 AM
Wow, way to not hire a graphic designer. Or the saddest part is, that they probably did.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: fruckert on February 19, 2010, 05:01:13 AM
Someone had to put the 2 there.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Valiere on February 19, 2010, 05:19:35 AM
They could've made that "2" a bit bigger. It's kind of important that it's noticeable in this case.

I like how the first one has the "Official Nintendo Seal of Quality" but the sequel just has the "Official Nintendo Seal." Guess they decided to quit BS'ing us.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Archem on February 19, 2010, 05:58:08 AM
(http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/5633/sealjump.jpg)
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Cerebus on February 19, 2010, 06:47:45 AM
I'd just like to point out that it's a Virtual Boy, not Virtua.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Darkfox on February 19, 2010, 07:12:20 AM
I like the fact the 2 doesn't even fit and looks like it was hastily done in MSPaint then printed.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Archem on February 19, 2010, 07:38:10 AM
I'd just like to point out that it's a Virtual Boy, not Virtua.
Indeed. But I don't care to Photoshop up someone else's error, so it's posted "as-is".
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: carmen on February 19, 2010, 08:12:33 AM
I wonder if those people got paid for doing that?
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Archem on February 19, 2010, 08:47:39 AM
I'd think that they just got some guy who does something else from the development team to do this nonsense. They don't get payed extra, they just get payed.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Drakiyth on February 19, 2010, 09:43:27 AM
I can top that.

(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/5428/92931769476front.jpg)(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/2019/92931669477front.jpg)


What's with the dude on the right? He looks like he has ****ing downs.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Musha on February 19, 2010, 10:37:43 AM
(http://www.gifgratis.net/immagini/PS2/S/Super_Bust_A_Move_2_Ps2.jpg)
What the hell were they smoking when they came up with this?  It approaches Phalanx levels of bizarre.


(http://kidfenris.com/stridercover.jpg)
No. Just no.  That is not Strider.
(http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/5709/625268-418px_strider_ii_cover_sms_large.jpg)
...and neither is that.  <a href="http://azukipanda.guysupstairs.com/wp-content/gallery/posts/300px-mvc2-strider-hiryu.jpg">This</a> is Srtider.  Hell, even <a href="http://www.fantasyplanet.cz/gfx/pictures_clanky/lotr_gal_velky_2001_11_28_10_7_24.jpg">this</a> is Strider. Not the Strider in these games, but still closer than the spandex-clad abominations we have here.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Cerebus on February 19, 2010, 04:22:02 PM
Indeed. But I don't care to Photoshop up someone else's error, so it's posted "as-is".

Oh hey, I wasn't blaming you, just pointing out. But you could've added an "L" just like the "2" added to that chicken game and pretend it to be something new.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Archem on February 19, 2010, 09:13:29 PM
And my reason for not doing that is simple:

(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2493/tgetpaid.gif)
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Musha on March 01, 2010, 03:24:11 AM
The worst game boxart ever?  Prepare yourselves....

[spoiler]
(http://cache.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/178836_S/Twilight-Video-Game-Box-Art-Revealed.jpg)
[/spoiler]
 :x
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: X_marks_the_ed on March 01, 2010, 12:51:57 PM
Definitely, but not because it involves Twilight, but because it's literally the movie poster with SCENE IT over the top. OBVIOUS CASH-IN IS OBVIOUS.
Title: Re: Embarassing game boxes...
Post by: Musha on March 01, 2010, 01:27:54 PM
Exactly what I meant.  I'm guessing it took them about ten seconds to make that cover.